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You don't mention the specific problem you're seeing with W98, so it's
difficult to guess what might have gone wrong --
It could simply be that you're attempting to drive a Model-T on the freeway
:), and the old buggy simply can't provide something that satisfies current
requirements --
Your assumption about the W95 files causing the problem may or may not be
correct -- Based on many years of troubleshooting PCs, that would not be
my first assumption --
A more likely probability would be that corrupted files on an old
hard-drive may have some bad sectors --
Another: some W98 files that the OS needs, or some files that your Apps
need, may have been clobbered --
If you want to test your W95 file removal theory-- assuming you can
identify the specific W95 files that were saved-- I would Zip those files
into a Archive File, then delete the W95 files -- That would make the
files non-accessible to the OS, but you could still recover some or all of
them if necessary --
Re-boot and see if there is any difference -- If you're satisfied that the
problem is fixed, you could either delete the Zip file to give you more HD
space, or keep it-- or move it to some external media (HD, CD, etc.)
Assuming that didn't fix anything, I would recommend reinstalling W98 --
It's not too difficult, but if you're not comfortable doing it, you might
want to find a Geek who knows what he/she is doing --
Just my $.002 -- Others will differ with what I've suggested --
Good Luck!
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At 05:43 PM 10/30/2005, you wrote:
I currently use a Win 98 machine for all non investment related activities.
This machine was upgraded from Win 95.
When that was done my support guy saved all the Win 95 operations as a
backup should the Win 98 installation go amok.
Given some current problems we are experiencing with the machine, one of
my better friends, and a semi-techie, suggested that some of our current
problems may relate to the fact that the original Win 95 backup system was
never removed.
There is no "remove program" listed in the "add/remove" folder, but that
group of files seems to be located in a directory titled "system.sav"
as a folder under my current (I believe) programs directory.
I'd like to delete these files if that's the case, but I'm just PC
illiterate enough to want a more trustworthy opinion.
Anyone know of a web site where that question could be posed to better
minds than mine?
Thanks, both for your help, and letting me eat up some of the territory
given to more important things.
Richard Funkhouser
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